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Black Innovation Alliance, Village Capital team up to support founders of color – TechCrunch

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Black Innovation Alliance, Village Capital team up to support founders of color – TechCrunch

Black Innovation Alliance and Village Capital today announced Resource, a national initiative aimed at strengthening the efforts of Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESOs) led and focused on color founders. The motivation behind the project is straightforward. ESOs “are facing record demand, resources are depleted and are chronically underestimated, underestimated and underfunded,” say the organizations. The resource … Read more

As schools limp through COVID, the Technology Alliance urges preparations for next calamity

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As schools limp through COVID, the Technology Alliance urges preparations for next calamity

Distance learning in Iowa in December 2020. (Phil Roeder / Creative Commons) It is well known that COVID-19 was largely disastrous for schools, but the numbers behind that claim are still pretty shocking. There are approximately 1.1 million K-12 students in Washington state public schools, and an estimated 150,000 to 200,000 do not have adequate, … Read more